Wait Until Dark
1967



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1967 Warner Bros. film Wait Until Dark, starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston, Samantha Jones and Julie Herrod.
  • A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.



Recording History
Charlie Byrd
James Darren, Warner Bros. Records, #7152
Peter Duchin
Gerri Granger, Columbia Records, #4 44408
Henry Mancini, The Days of Wine and Roses, RCA Victor Records, 66603-2
Sue Raney, Imperial-Liberty Records, #66265
Mel Torme, The Great American Composers: Livingston & Evans, Columbia House, 2C2 8651 / C22 8651
Earl Wilson Jr., Mercury Records, #72761
Lyrics
Who cares how cold and gray
The day may be
Wait until dark
And we'll be warm.

Our place of love
Is where we face our dreams
Together,
Where our fantasies take form.

When I can't feel your nearness
In the night
My disappointments disappear;

The cheerless day may bring us
Little dreams
That seems to miss their mark
But oh, my darling,
Wait until dark!

The cheerless day may bring us
Little dreams
That seems to miss their mark
But oh, my darling,
Wait until dark!
WAIT UNTIL DARK From the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Picture Wait Until Dark M. Witmark & Sons and Northridge Music, Inc., 1967. Words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Music by Henry Mancini (Special Picture Release)